Flurona

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Fresh warning after first 'flurona' death (NEWS.com.au)

A Victorian woman in her 90s has died of after catching both the flu and coronavirus, dubbed 'flurona'.

A Victorian woman in her 90s has died of after catching both the flu and coronavirus, dubbed ‘flurona’. All of the other cases were aged below 65 and were vaccinated. A leading expert has warned Australians to do one thing after a woman in her 90s died with a combination of the flu and Covid.

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Victorian Woman Dies Of 'Flurona', Triggering Warnings From ... (10 News First)

A Victorian woman in her 90s has died after catching both flu and COVID-19, which is being dubbed 'Flurona'.

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Can I get the flu jab if I've just had COVID-19? What you need to ... (msnNOW)

It's not even winter but Australia is already experiencing thousands of cases of influenza, after recording just hundreds in total last year.

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Flurona death in Australia: Health experts warning to Aussies as ... (7NEWS.com.au)

A Victorian woman has died after contracting the flu and COVID-19 simultaneously. So what is 'flurona', and what are the signs to look out for?

“And even if you don’t get both together, because our population is very susceptible, the consequences of the flu this year are going to be very significant.” “We know the flu is back, and we know our measures for COVID-19 kept the flu away, we’ve appropriately relaxed those measures and so the flu has returned,” he said. “This flu season is predicted to be quite bad and vaccination rates for the flu are lower than usual,” he said.

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Coronavirus crisis: Woman in her 90s becomes first 'flurona' death (The West Australian)

A leading expert has warned Australians to do one thing after a woman died with a combination of the flu and COVID.

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Australia records first 'flurona' death – so how dangerous is it? (AOL UK)

An elderly Victorian woman died after having both the flu and Covid-19. Health experts explain how real the fear is of catching both viruses.

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Coronavirus crisis: Woman in her 90s becomes first 'flurona' death (PerthNow)

A leading expert has warned Australians to do one thing after a woman in Victoria died after battling a combination of the flu and COVID.

“We need people to be concerned enough to get vaccinated,” Dr Griffin told Sunrise on Thursday. All of the other cases were aged below 65 and were vaccinated. University of Queensland infectious diseases expert Paul Griffin said people should be wary of the impact of being hit with both viruses at once.

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